Climate twins of Alberton, MT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Alberton's. Each "twin" must be at least 140 miles away to avoid trivial near-neighbor matches. Similarity is computed across all 24 monthly metrics (12 average temperatures + 12 average precipitations), normalized so temperature and precipitation contribute equally.
Side-by-side: Alberton vs its climate twin
Top match: Wallowa, OR
| Month | Alberton | Wallowa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 34.6°F | 18.0°F | 1.45 in | 35.9°F | 20.1°F | 1.75 in |
| February | 40.1°F | 20.2°F | 1.50 in | 43.0°F | 22.2°F | 1.61 in |
| March | 48.9°F | 24.5°F | 1.70 in | 52.4°F | 27.3°F | 1.59 in |
| April | 58.2°F | 30.3°F | 1.66 in | 59.9°F | 31.6°F | 1.64 in |
| May | 67.6°F | 37.8°F | 2.04 in | 69.3°F | 38.0°F | 2.16 in |
| June | 75.2°F | 44.2°F | 2.19 in | 76.5°F | 43.3°F | 1.59 in |
| July | 86.8°F | 48.7°F | 0.88 in | 87.7°F | 46.7°F | 0.51 in |
| August | 86.5°F | 47.2°F | 0.91 in | 87.7°F | 45.2°F | 0.78 in |
| September | 75.7°F | 39.6°F | 1.07 in | 78.9°F | 38.4°F | 0.74 in |
| October | 57.8°F | 30.4°F | 1.64 in | 62.8°F | 31.1°F | 1.52 in |
| November | 41.0°F | 24.1°F | 2.02 in | 45.8°F | 25.1°F | 1.95 in |
| December | 32.7°F | 18.8°F | 1.60 in | 35.7°F | 19.3°F | 2.14 in |
Cities that consider Alberton their climate twin
These US cities have Alberton in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Alberton would feel familiar.
- Northport, WA (ranks Alberton #2)
- Chewelah, WA (ranks Alberton #3)
- Springdale, WA (ranks Alberton #3)
- Reardan, WA (ranks Alberton #3)
- Medical Lake, WA (ranks Alberton #3)
- Ashton, ID (ranks Alberton #2)
- Drummond, ID (ranks Alberton #2)
- Warm River, ID (ranks Alberton #2)
How this is computed
Each city is represented by a 24-dimensional vector: 12 monthly average temperatures and 12 monthly average precipitations. Each dimension is z-score normalized across the population of US cities, so that temperature variance and precipitation variance contribute proportionally. Distance between cities is Euclidean. We filter out cities within 2° latitude/longitude (~140 miles) so that "twins" mean climatically similar but geographically distinct — not just the neighboring town. Full methodology →